Categories: Candy
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup salted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup finely chopped salted peanuts
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 small box food picks or long toothpicks
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 rounded Tablespoon salted butter, softened
Directions
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No need to preheat oven—this is a NO-BAKE recipe.
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Prepare your pan by lining a cookie sheet with wax paper.
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Use a wooden spoon or fork to mix the peanut butter with the ¼ cup softened butter in a medium-sized bowl.
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Sprinkle the ¼ cup finely chopped salted peanuts on top and mix them in thoroughly.
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Add the vanilla extract and mix that in.
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Add the powdered sugar in half-cup increments, mixing well after each addition.
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Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator for at least one hour so that the mixture will firm up.
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Using impeccably clean hands, roll pop-in-your-mouth-size balls from the peanut butter mixture.
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Stick a food pick into each ball and place the completed balls on your prepared cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
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Place the cookie sheet with your Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Candy in the freezer for at least 1 hour. (Overnight is even better.)
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When your candy balls are frozen, prepare to melt your chocolate coating. Leave your candy balls in the freezer until your chocolate coating has melted and you are ready to dip them.
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Place your 2 cups of chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Add the rounded Tablespoon of butter on top.
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Heat the chocolate chips and butter on HIGH for 1 minute. Let them sit in the microwave for an additional minute and then stir to see if the chocolate chips are melted. If they’re not, continue to heat in 30-second increments followed by 30 seconds of standing time until you can stir them smooth.
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Take the cookie sheet with the candy balls out of the freezer and set it on the counter. Using the food picks as handles, dip the balls, one by one, in the melted chocolate and then return them to the cookie sheet. Work quickly so that they balls do not soften.
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Place the cookie sheet with the Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Candy in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.
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When you’re ready to serve, remove the candy from the refrigerator, arrange the balls on a pretty plate or platter, and leave the food picks in place so that your guests can use them as a handle when they eat the candy.